How to stop pop up on your phone

Nowadays, most desktop browsers block pop-ups and unwanted advertisements as a matter of course, but what about blocking on mobile phones? Even if you’re using a smartphone, there are ways to block annoying and sometimes harmful pop-up advertisements.

Blocking pop up adverts is easy if you know how to do it. There are subtle differences depending on which web browser you use, so here’s a step-by-step guide to each one.

How to Block Pop-Up Adverts on the Android Browser

There are a lot of ways to block pop-ups on your Android devices. You can block them on your favorite web browsers or on the phone itself. In this section, we’ll show you how to block pop-ups on your devices’ native Android browser.

1. Open the Android web browser. Note: If you aren’t sure which one the Android browser is, use the search bar in your app drawer and type ‘Internet.’
2. Open up the app’s settings. This is usually by the “three dots” (⋮) menu button but will vary by manufacturer.
3. Press “Advanced.”
4. Tick the box labeled “Block pop-ups.”

How to Block Pop-Up Adverts on Chrome for Android

Google’s Chrome browser is probably the most popular web browser for Android users. Of course, it isn’t without its share of pop-ups. If you use the Chrome browser on your Android device, follow these steps:

1. Open Chrome on Android.
2. Open up Chrome’s settings by tapping the “three dots” (⋮) icon in the top right, and then tapping “settings”.
3. On the screen that opens up, scroll down to “Site settings” and press it.
4. Scroll down to “Pop-ups” and press it to enable or disable pop-ups.

Alternatively, Opera for Android comes with pop-up blocking built-in and switched on as the default. But, it also has a rather clever way of compressing pages to ensure your data allowance doesn’t get chewed through when out and about.

Third-Party Applications

There really isn’t anything more annoying than opening an article you’d like to read, and a pop-up appears telling you that you’ve won some grandiose prize. The only way to get rid of it is to back out of the web page completely and find another article.

Fortunately, there are some trusted third-party applications that you can download for free from the Google Play Store that will help minimize the number of pop-up advertisements.
Adblock Plus
AdBlock for Android

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